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Jazz Articles: Drummer and Bandleader Chico Hamilton Dies at 92 - By Jeff Tamarkin — Jazz Articles

Drummer and Bandleader Chico Hamilton Dies at 92
A major force on the jazz scene for more than seven decades

Jazz Articles: Drummer and Bandleader Chico Hamilton Dies at 92 - By Jeff Tamarkin — Jazz Articles

Cécile McLorin Salvant - I Didn't Know What Time it Was (Live at Dizzy's)

Steve Reid Foundation pledges support for Arthur Blythe | Gilles Peterson

crisis, it has been brought to our attention that a good friend of Steve Reid, the Jazz saxophonist Arthur Blythe needs our help. He recently underwent a serious kidney operation, which affected his ability to walk and swallow foods. He is also struggling with Parkinson’s disease. While he’s slowly regaining strength at a rehabilitation centre in California, he needs financial support to pay bills and to get the help of a good neurologist.

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Joe Lee Wilson sings the blues

Veterans of City Opera, Proudly Wistful, Reflect as the Curtain Falls - NYTimes.com

This is extremely sad.  I remember the NYC Opera with fondness.  Yes the Met is still with us but as a young grade school student my first exposure to opera live was at the NYC Opera at Town Hall.  At Hunter College my opera class was taught by the Assistant Director of the NYC Opera.   NYC is losing a major cultural institution.   In an era where American culture has in part devolved into a form of pop fast food entertainment we need to preserve the arts in all of it's forms.

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The Single Petal Of A Rose

DON PULLEN - Ah George, We Hardly Knew Ya

DON PULLEN - Ah George, We Hardly Knew Ya

Don Pullen, George Adams Quartet - Song From The Old Country

David Murray, Pomona College 2012 Commencement

David Murray Octet Morning Song 1987. These were the days. I used to manage David in the early eighties. I used to hear this band sometimes six nights in a row. They breathed fire.